Classical Piano

004 —  Schumann — Von fremden Ländern und Menschen — Kinderszenen, Op. 15 —  Mk. 1

004 — Schumann — Von fremden Ländern und Menschen — Kinderszenen, Op. 15 — Mk. 2

007 — Morning has broken - Martha Mier

Hands help with playing the piano. This is my left one. :)

122 — Piano

Robert Schumann

Träumerei" (Dreaming), No. 7 from Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15

This was recorded in 2018 and then rendered using PianoTeq in 2025.

125 — Träumerei — Kinderszenen No. 7 Op. 15

This is quite a bit faster than typically played. That's because I'm playing in 4 triplets with the idea of two triplets to a beat since the melody is in half notes. You get a 4/4 vs 2/2 feel. 

The triplets are the drone. They're inevitable. Their resistance is futile. You can't stop them. They were and will always keep coming. The triplets just keep pounding and pounding and pounding a little bit a little bit a little bit a little bit and a little bit and they eventually take you to the end. 

It is a Funeral March.

That's why you don't play with dampers. :)

126 — Moonlight Sonata 1st

Waltz Op. 69, No. 2 was composed by Frédéric Chopin for solo piano in the year 1829 at the age of 19. Although it was published posthumously in 1855 by his friend Julian Fontana, together with the Waltz Op. 69, No. 1. The main theme is in the key of B minor and is marked with an overall tempo of Moderato.

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_in_B_minor,_Op._69,_No._2_(Chopin)]


It's a waltz, so you play it as if you were watching people dance while you were playing. And you want to make sure that they are dancing to your tune. So, you're playing for them to be able to dance and they're dancing for you to be able to play.


This was recorded in 2018 and then rendered using PianoTeq in 2025.

126 — Chopin — Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2

I play the piano. Unless otherwise noted, everything is played and recorded on a Kawai ca99.


Once upon a time I programed, people called it hacking, I called it learning, I can still do it, but I prefer music, etc., 

The profile picture was taken when I was a teenager in the 1990s. I just liked the old washed out look of it. They were actual physical things back in the day. And phones had cords.

I started playing around age ~8-10 (who remembers, I know i started with the violin but moved on). Over the years I've had to re-teach myself the piano many times due to life getting in the way and not allowing me the time to work on it. The repetition of re-learning has helped with the style and technique I used to play here.

It's sort of like what happens when you learn multiple programming languages.. the syntax, etc., stop mattering as much and you just think about what you need.. works in music too I guess. :)

I have visual snow 🌨️🌨️🌨️ 



Classical Piano

Rich Schuler — Pianist